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Comp v .... Senate Girds For Labor Law Battle U. Of 0. Library 4 Eugene , Oregon r j WHO DOES WHAT - wxns; j j i IVV m - i,.. A' twiLri JACK ROWE, trainer at the Fairgrounds, Is holding the haltar iropa of Tet'i Bet, a thoroughbred he purchased about a year ago. Tet's has many years of racing behind him (he is now 10 years old) and has appeared at tracks all over the United States. Last week Jack took him to the thoroughbred and quarter horse meet at Lebanon Meadows and the old boy won first in three-quarter with 1:20.2 and placed second on two consecutive days in the one and one-sixteenth mile. His comeback surprised everyone and Jack says most of the racehorse men knew him! In the photo above Mrs. Rowe is holding Katch Berg, another thoroughbred the Rowes, own, who placed third in the five-furlong event the first day at the Lebanon meet and second in the same distance the next day. SINGLE CAMPAIGN PREFERRED Business Men Favor Lump Donation For Charities, Replies To Query Reveal ' Roseburg business men and leaders prefer to pay for their chari ties all under one Jund raising campaign. This is the general consensus obtained from the return of 112 questionnaires out of a total of 500 mallei out te members of the Roseburg Chamber of Commerce. In the Day's News . By FRANK JENKINS HERE Is an interesting sentence from a Washington dispatch: 'Twenty top-flight educators including General'"" Dwlghtv D. Eisenhower and Harvard Presi dent James B. Conant said today Communists should be barred from the teaching profession." , Having said It, they explained WHY they believe it. They added: "It is because members of the Communist Party 'are required to surrender the right to THINK FOR THEMSELVES, as a conse quence of becoming part of a movement characterized by con spiracy and calculated deceit, that they should be excluded from em ployment as teachers." ' THAT is to say: The member of the Commu nist Party has to follow the Party (Continued on Page Four) Wage Raise Ends Bus Tieup In Louisville LQUISVILLE, Ky., June 10. (t-v-Buses were running in Louis ville today for the first time since midnight, May 31, when Trans port Workers Union members struck for more pay. The dispute was settled last night when rank and file union members voted unanimously to accept terms of a settlement which gives them a five-cent hourly increase, bringing their pay to $1.31. J. T. McCutcheon, Noted Cartoonist, Passes CHICAGO, June 10. UP) John T. McCutcheon, 79, famous cartoonist for the Chicago Trib une for 43 years and former war correspondent, died today at his home In suburban Lake Forest. McCutcheon, who won the Pulitzer prize for cartoons in 1931, had been ill since 1946, when he retired from active work at the Tribune. Senator Hurls SOB Epithet At Wallace's Campaign Aide WASHINGTON .I,,. In API I. ...n. S.n.tnr Eastland I D.-Miss.) dismissed C. B. Baldwin, who was Henry Wallace's campaign manager, from the witness chair of the Senate hearing today and called him an S. O. B. in the full-words version. Baldwin had refused to answer a question whether or not ha is or has been a member of the Communist Party, and had accused Eastland of "fighting against Negro rights." Baldwin, former administrator of the Farm Security Adminis tration, also had shouted that Eastland represented "the Cotton Council," an organiiation which Baldwin said it made of "plan tation owners." Despite the epiphets, neither moved toward physical violence. Baldwin is a man of medium height, round-faced, balding. East land it a sturdily-built man of about six feet. Both are in their 40t. The hearings were by a Senate judiciary tubcommittea on bills that would require the registration of Communist and Communist front organizations. ' Baldwin appeared at secretary-treasurer of tha Progressive Party. While the conclusion is not def inite, a vast majority expressed these preferences. The members were requested to answer "yes" or "no" to the following questions, with the re sults listed: , 1. Would you prefer to be solicit ed just once each year for a do nation to cover your participation in all projects you have been sup porting? 85 yes .and 7, no;A .. 2. If your answer to question 1 is yes, would you be willing to do nate, or pledge to pay, on a quart erly basis, a sum equal to the total amount you have been donat ing to cover your participation in all projects you have been sup porting? 79 yes and 9 no. 3. As a step toward realization of your desire in broadening the scope of the Community Chest, would you like to have it included in its annual fund raising cam paign the following projects: American Red Cross? 85 yes and 12 no. American Cancer Society? 88 yes and 17 no. Infantile Paralysis? 93 yes and 15 no. Society for Crippled Children and Adults? 88 yes and 15 no. Oregon Heart Association? 85 yes and 17 no. cnamDer secretary Manager Harold Hickerson explained that the questionnaires are merely to obtain a geheral expresion from the. principal contributors to ward charitable organizations, The facts obtained will be laid be fore both the Chamber of Com merce and the Community Chest Committee in an effort to deter mine the best steps to follow in tulure fund raising campaigns. It is pointed out that regardless of the popularity of the cause, fund raising campaigns are time (Continued on Page Two) Roseburg Man Finds Pearl In Oyster Soup Wally Mentzer, employed at the Olympia Supply Co., found a treasure In a can of soup Wednesday. He opened and heated a can of oyster soup for his lunch at th store. He bit on something hard in the soup and found a pearl. A Jeweler to whom he took the pearl valued it at $35. Mentzer said he wasn't go ing to sell it, but would have it set in a ring for his wife. The Wtathtr Cloudy ! i h morning Clearinf In Hie afternoons to day and Saturday. Llttlt chanoe In temperature. Sunset today 7:52 p. m. Sunrise tomorrow 4:32 a. m. Eitablithed 1873 Deadline Set On Accord At Paris Parley Trade, Traffic Pacts Are Possible, But Peace For Germany Not In Offing PARIS, June 10. lP) Rus sia called today for a new Big Four conference within three months to draft a German peace treaty, French sources said. - Soviet Foreign Minister VI shinsky placed before the for eign ministers' council a pro posal that all four powers occupying Germany agree to withdraw all their troops one year after a German peace treaty is signed. Vishlnsky asked his council colleagues to lay down the oro- ' cedure for drafting the German treaty before they wind up this session In Paris, the 'French sources said. PARIS, June 10. W) The foreign ministers of the East and West sought today to sal vage some accords from the de bris of differences accumulated over discussion of Germany's fu ture. Soviet Foreign Minister Vishin sky yesterday accepted an Ameri can request that the East-West trade and traffic talks in Berlin be ended by Monday. The western powers previous ly had. told Russia they were tired of jockeying in the foreign ministers' council and wanted to get results. If the Berlin talks do not produce an agreement by Monday the Big Four foreign ministers will step in. The current Berlin negotiations for an East-West trade and traf fic agreement are being stymied by the Western -blessed rail strike. The United Slates, Britain and France have told Russia that no accord Is possible as long as the Berlin rail strike con tinues. Unless the strikers return to work within the next 24 or 48 hoursj trie- Berlin negotiators will have to report to the foreign ministers Monday that they have failed to agree. Treaty's Issue Deadlocked Meanwhile the nroblem of con cluding peace treaties with Ger many and Austria is up in , the air. Western officials have said the ministers may propose the for- (Continued on Page Two) Bank Employee Nabs Would-Be Robber In Chase SEATTLE, June 10. UP) A 53-year-old railroad switchman was captured in a downtown de partment store at 12:10 p. m. Thursday, minutes after an at tempted holdup at the nearby cen tral branch of the National Bank of Commerce. He got no money. Rollie O. Bledsoe, a bank em ployee, captured the man after a brief scuffle, police reported. Police Sgt; D. A. Shaffer said the man was' identified as R. H. Brundage. The holdup man had appeared at the window of Mrs. Rita Brown, a teller, and handed her a note requesting her to fill two envelopes with $100, $50 and $20 bills. Mrs. Brown said she stepped on the burglar alarm and stalled. "He kept telling me to hurry up Land 'hand over the money'," Mrs. Brown said. He kept his rigat hand on his hip as if he had a gun. "Finally he said, 'hurry up, or I'll kill you.' Then he turned and ran." As he fled through the door, Mrs. Brown shouted that a rob ber had attempted a holdup. Bledsoe, 47, manager of the bank's new-account department, ran after the man. Overtaken on the first floor of Fredrick and Nelson's Depart, ment Stre, Bledsoe said, the man punched him in the nose and a scuffle followed. Bledsoe pinned his arms and held him until the police arrived. Questioned at the police sta tion, Detective Sgt. I. A. O'Mera said Brundage reported he was sentenced to 25 years In prison after robbing a bank at Gilman, Minn., in 1938. He said he was released after serving seven years. He signed a confession to the holdup here, the officer said. He has a wife and son, 21, living here. "I wish I could fall dead," Ser geant O'Mera quoted him as saying. Slot Machine License , Boosted At Pendletton PENDLETON, June lO.-W Slot machine operators In Pendle ton will have to cough up $100 to the cily for each machine every three months. The City Council has boosted the license fee from $25 a quar ter to $100 a quarter. The In crease amended an ordinance passed in 1942 and will be ef fective July 1. Meatcutters' Strike Still On; No Negotiations The week-old meatcutters strike continued today in Rose burg, with no new developments ana no meetings tor negotia tions scheduled, reported H. Smith, business agent for the AFL Meatcutters local. H. E. Carlson, secretary of the Oregon Independent Retail Groc ers Association, employers repre sentative in a telepnone conver sation from Portland to the News Review today asked that a state ment in Thursday's issue be clari fied. ...... He slated that the eight major markets which are struck are "firm in their stand," and that none of them have made any con cessions. He said that pickets have been withdrawn from five of the stores which have agreed not to sen any meat, dui mat three of the eight stores are stiH being picketed because they are are continuing to sen meat. This does not mean, However, that any of the stores have wav ered in favor of the union de mands, he emphasized. None of the eignt nave signed any agree ment with the Meatcutters Local. The five stores which are not pick eted and the three that are all remain working in unity, he said. He further stated that the struck markets represent 85 to 90 per cent of all the employes in Roseburg, and that the independ ent markets which have signed union contracts are almost en tirely one or two-man markets. ' Carlson issued a statement that the Oregon Retail Grocers Association is charging the meat cutters union with promoting a secondary boycott of the markets by threatening various meat packers with strikes of their (Continued on Page Two) Governor Names His Secretary PORTLAND, June 10. UP) Radio newscaster Thomas Law son Mc Call will become secre tary to Republican Governor Douglas McKay July 1. The appointment was an-, nounced -by-the -Governor" herte last nieht. ' Mc Call, a former newspaper man, is a 1936 graduate of the University of Oregon. In the war he was an enlisted combat correspondent for the Navy. , Like the Governor, he is a Republican. His family also was in politics, and his grandfather, Samuel Walker Mc Call, for merly was a Massachusetts Gov ernor and congressman. Mc Call has been active in Young Re publican affairs here. Now 36, Mc Call will act as McKay's administrative assistant. His salary will be $6,000 an nually. The Governor's private secretary will continue to be Alene Phillips, who served two previous Governors. Ex-Lithuanian Army Chief Takes Job In U. S. CULVER CITY, Calif., June 10. (.W A onetime commander In chief of the Lithuanian Army, goes to work today assembling airplane hydraulic valves in a lit tle back shop here. But Gen. Stasys Rastikls says he is "happy as a bird" behind a work bench at the Hartwell Avia tion Co. The 53-year-old general starts work at the bottom less than a month after he and his wife, Helen Marie, 46, arrived in New York as displaced persons. They were sick and exhausted after nine years of fighting, hiding, running and imprisonment at the hands of the Russians and Ger mans. Underground reports say that one of their three daughters is dead. From the other two, also whisked away to Siberia, come no word. . has Mid-Oregon Co. Sells Office Supply Business Office supply and stationery business, formerly part of the Mid-Oregon Printing Co., 137 S. Stephens St., has been purchased from Harry Strom by Vic Lewis, formerly of Kelso, and Del Dur ham, fotmerly of Longview,' Wash. The business, Durham and Lewis, will be known as D. & L. Stationers. The Mid-Oregon Print ing Co. will maintain Its quarters at the same location, as well as Its Myrtle Creek branch. Lewis and Durham bolh were formerly employed by Judd's, Inc., office equipment store at Long view, where they were acquainted with Bob Phillips, who now also operates an office supply business in Roseburg. Grand Larceny From Union Agent Charged PORTLAND, June 10 OP) Lawrence V. Baker, 23, is booked at the city jail here on a charge of grand larceny, after his arrest yesterday at Vancouver, Wash. Baker is held as a suspect in the robbery of Donald M. Wol lam, business agent for the Ma rine Cooks and Stewards Union. Wollam reported $789 was taken from him at a hotel room he had visited with another man. Baker denied the charge. ROSEBURG, OREGON FRIDAY, JUNE Charges Hit Tucker. Auto Promoter Head Of Venture, Seven Aides Accused Of Mail Fraud, SEC Violations CHICAGO, June 10. 0W Preston T. Tucker, promoter of a novel' automobile that never got into mass production, to day was indicted on charges of mall fraud, SEC violations and conspiracy. Seven associates were indicted with him. . A 31-count indictment was re turned before Federal Judge John P. Barnes by a grand jurv which spent 12 weeks since Feb. 12 investigating affairs of Tucker and his corporation. Maximum possible penalties for conviction under the indict ment would amount to 155 years imprisonment and $60,000 In fines for each f the eight defendants. The counts are 25 of mail fraud, five of violating regula tions of the Securities and Ex change Commission and one of conspiracy , Other Defendants Listed Other defendants with the 46- year-old president and director of the Tucker Corporation are: Harold A Karsten, 58, alias Abraham Karatz, North Holly wood, Calif., former Minneapolis lawyer; Floyd D Ccrf, 60, Chicago, former Investment banker, who floated the public issue of stock In the corporation; Kooert fierce, on, Detroit Atn- letic Club, Detroit, formerly as sociated with Brlggs Manufac turing Company of Detroit, and former director and treasurer of Tucker; Fred Rockelman, 63, Chicago, who held the posts of director, general sales manager and exec utive vice presidtnt of tucker Corporation. He had been as sociated with Ford Motor Com- (Continued on Page Two) Hanging Of Bird Set Fourth Time TACOMA, Wash., June 10.-WP) Noose-cheating Jake Bird, often doomed but never hanged, ap peared today to be Hearing the end of his rope his fourth. m a curt court session yester day, the usually filibustering Negro was cut short by Superior Judge Hugh Roselllnl before he could commence his customary courtroom oration, and was sen tenced to hang July .15 at the State Penitentiary. bince his conviction for slay ing Mrs. Berlha Kludt Oct. 30, 1947, 48-year-old transient has heard his death sentence pro nounced three times, but each time won a stay of execution. Bird's various appeals and drawn- out legal maneuvers have taken him into 14 courtrooms and sent his case twice to the U. S. Su preme Court. He has admitted complicity in 44 killings throughout the coun try. Bird trotted out his famous "hex" again yesterday in a brief verbal exchange with James Fa ber, Tacoma News Tribune re porter. Angered by a remark of Faber s, Bird told tne reporrer nc was not long for this world. Six Dersons on whom tne husky transient has pronounced tne wnammy nave aiea. Grant Business Be Opened In Roseburg July 1 Instruction In business subjects newest educational Institution, the N. Stephens St., whose summer term will begin July 1. The college Is headed by Mrs. Ola W. Grant, above, who came here in De cember from Grand Rapids, Mich. ' Mrs. Grant said she is opening the eolleee "not alone for the ben-fit of the students, but equal ly as much for the benefit of the business men of Roseburg." i Mrs. Grant was associated with the Butterworth Hosiplal at Grand Rapids, and formerly was a Ions-lime resident of Wichita, I Kas. She has had several years' experience as a school supervisor and five years in the business world. Among courses to be offered will be typing, shorthand, book keeping, business English, husl ness spelling, as well as olher courses that may be needed from time to time. Besides Mrs. Grant, the college will have a staff of two. Mrs. Margaret Sarmenlos has been en gaged on the staff, while the sec ond member is yet to be employed. "Education and business need to cooperate closely for mutual benefits," Mrs. Grant pointed out. "One of our chief concerns Is to develop a curricula and set up standards in our school that will prepare students for a business career. "We welcome the advice of the business men of Roseburg regard ing the qualily of vocalional pro ficiency, character, and personal al tributes desired In prospective employes. Mrs. Grant said she came to 10, 1949 lit vq)f v ); A J, A Li; UP FROM THE RANKS Gor don Cray, North Carolina law yer and publisher, whom Presi dent Truman has nominated to be secretary of the Army. Cray, one-time buck private, has been under secretary of the Army since last May. He is a native of Baltimore, Maryland. (AP Wirephotol Sanitary District Bond Issue Plan To Be Discussed Discussion of a proposed $250.- 000 bond issue to cover installa tion costs of sewers and a treat ment plant in .the North Rose burg Sanitary, District is sched uled at 7:30 p. m., Tuesday, June 21, in the Circuit Court room at the courthouse. Clarence Landls, chairman of the North Roseburg Sanitary Dis trict Board, said that James C. Howland. engineer retained by the district, had completed his preliminary estimate of cost for proposed installations. . prepara tion oi tne estimaie is a prelim inary step to issuance ot bonds. v "Lnndir Bald-a bond election In the district lmmedialely north of Roseburg will probably be neld in July. No definite date nas peen set. The bond Issue -would be ap proximately $250,000, to be paid off by a 10-mlll levy each year for seven years, then Being reduced 2Vi mills every two years, ine bond issue would be paid off in approximately 13 years, Landls said.. . i : . Al Rowe. chairman of the un official West Roseburg Sanitary Committee, said Howland hag al so prepared a preliminary survey of the West Roseburg area. De tails of the survey will be an nounced within a Jew aays. Sonja Henie Again . Big Loser To Thieves NEW YORK, June 10. WP) For the second time this year, thieves havej made a big naui from the DerSonal belongings of lee skating star Sonja Henie. Yesterday, $35,000 worth of her sables and other clothing was stolen from a truck, which was hauling the clothing to an air terminal for shipment to Califor nia. Last January, thieves broke Into Miss Henie's hotel suite and took two mink coats valued at $18,000 and some Jewelry. College Will will be offered at Roseburg's Grant Business College at 112 MRS. OLA W. GRANT Sht'll teach business course. Roseburg because the fiat always desired to see th West and be cause hr brother. E. A. Watson. and his family reside here. . :'? M: it' i v . ' 'V i I ' f 136-49 Hoffman Gets Bid To Resign As ECA Head Accused By McKellar Of Trying To Bully Senate On Foreign Aid Money WASHINGTON, June 10. (IP) Senator McKellar (D-Tenn) to day shouted at ECA boss Paul Hoffman: "The sooner you re sign, the better it will be for the United States." The veteran chairman of the Senate Appropriations Commit tee openly accused Hoffman of trying to bully the Committee into not. cutting European Re covery funds. Hoffman coldly denied he tried to put any "pressure" on the Committee or that his talk of resignation was a "threat." Hoffman had told reporters yesterday he would resign if he reached the point where he ' no longer thought he could direct the recovery program success fully. And ne said he did not think it could be done with less than the $3,568,470,000 that ECA Is asking for the first ten and one-half months of the next fiscal year. McKeller brought up the sub ject early In today's hearing on the ECA appropriation, saying: "Olher than giving away other people's money, I wonder what you are doing In Europe. I think It would be a very good thing -(Continued on Page Two) Parade Major Lure Today In Rose Festival PORTLAND, June 10 W) Parade-mad Portland jammed a five-mile line of march today to see some 50 floral floats, bands and marching units move by in the annual Rose Festival feature. By 9 a. m.pcople were sitting otr JHprrfiv-bones along the curbs n East Portland; The first iioaf. in the parade weren't due there for at least tnree nours. tne. city's seven cross-Willamette bridges were Jammed hours be fore the parade moved out of Multnomah Stadium at 10 o'clock. The sun peeked out at Intervals from a lightly overcast sky. Bands blared, bare-kneed drum maiorettes- twirled flashing ba tons and the floats carried out the festival theme of "Melody In Flowers." C. F. Leon. Portland, won the grand sweepstakes trophy In the rose contest yesterday. Portland ers won most of the other top prizes. Mrs. Charles M. Andreason, Eugene, won the Dr. F. R. Hunt er trophy for the best display of 12 roses, mixed -varieties. P. W. Miller, Corvallis, won a special gold merit ribbon for a rose en tered in tne grand sweepstakes. The Floyd Lynch memorial trophy for the best individual rose in novice exhibits went to Clifford L. Smith, Corvallis. The Portland Rose Society Bold medal certificate for the best bloom semi-double rose went to John Crlswell, Oregon City. Thousands watched the night show in Multnomah Stdalum where eight high school bands performed, included were: wutte, Mont.: Vancouver. Wash.: Brem erton, Wash.; Eugene; Klamath f ans; L,a uranae KoseDurg ana The Dalles. Andrew Loney, Klamath Falls, directed the massed bands in a medley of ot martial music. Peace But Not At Any Price, Gen. Bradley Says EASTON, Pa., June 10. UP) The United States wants peace and security but not peace at any price, General Omar N. Bradley, Army chief of staff, said today. "Technically, we have peace now peace defined as the ab sence of armed conflicthut cer tainly we do not have security," General Bradley said In an ad dress at the Lafayette College commencement exercises. The American people and their leaders must accept the belief that military strengtn cannot be a last resort device for the extrac tion of poorly forged political irons from the fire," General Bradley said. "It is an unfortunate but valid criticism of modern International negotiations," he added, "that a nation's voice whispers or com i..ands in exact ratio to Its moral strength and military potential." Roseburg Men Slightly Hurt In Auto Accident Harold "Sandy" Sanders and Fred Levasseur were hospitalized following an accident In which their car went off the road about four miles north of Roseburg on Highway 99, about 11:30 last night. According to reporta they were blinded by the lights of an oncoming car. Their injuries were not be lieved sprlnus, aside from cuts and bruises, and they were ex pected to he dismissed from Mercy Hospital possibly today. 'Emergency' During Strike Now At Issue Proposed Amendments To T-H Statute Involve Injunctions, Seiiures By MAX HALL WASHINGTON, June 10 UP The Senate warmed up today for its hottest labor fight over how to handle strikes that could cause national emergencies. General debate on changing the Taft-Hartley Act neared an end, to come after speeches by Senators Humphrey (D.-Minn.), Murray (D.-Mont.), and Neely (D.-W. Va.). Next will come the one-by-one consideration of amendments to the Truman ad ministration's bill for Taft-Harfc ley repeal. "National emergency" amend ments may be taken up Tuesday and some senators say this battle may continue the rest of next week. That also happens to be the week John L. Lewis has set aside for a coal strike. With coal sup plies high, a one-week stoppage isn't considered a national emer gency. But it brings sharply to the attention of Congress the pos- siblllty of a longer strike begin--ning in July. 'Headline Hunter' President Truman was asked yesterday at his news conference about the work stoppage Lewis has called for his United Mine Workers. The President catalogued Lewis as a headline hunter, and said also that this is not sup posed to be a strike but a sort of special sltdown. He said he understood that its object was to use up coal and put the miners in a better bargaining position. On one tiling, the President and Lewis are agreed: they want an end to the Taft-Hartley provi sion for court orders to stop na tional emergency strikes. Lewis has been heavily fined under this provision In the past. Mr. Tru man has expressed the view that the President already has inher ent powers to deal with an emer gency. As much as Lewis hates the whole Taft-Hartley law, however, his strategy In calling a walkout during debate on the law's repeal has dismayed some of the law makers who are for repeal. Like wise, It has encouraged T-H friends who say that the timing is bound to help their effort to preserve much of the law. The administration repealer, for which Mr,-Truman expressed continued suport, does not au thorize either injunctions or gov ernment seizure of plants to de lay strikes In vital industries. Taft Firm For Injunction Senator Taft (R.-Ohlo) told re porters today that he Is still just as strong for Injunctions as he . ever was, although he doesn't much care whether the Senate authorizes plant seizure. A group of Democrats and Re publicans who have introduced a series of compromise amend ments to the administration bill seemed divided and uncertain over the wording of their emer gency provision, Senator Morse (R.-Ore.), chosen to introduce the final version of this amendment on behalf of the group, still de ferred action. Meantime the National Coal Association, through Executive (Continued on Page Two) Penalties Given i 2 Army Deserters FRANKFURT. Germany, 'June 10 UP) An American soldier whd says he was held incommuni cado for six months by Czech police was convicted of desertion Dy a united states Army coun martial yesterday, the Army news paper Stars and Stripes reported. the paper identified mm as Arthur W. Short, 28 (hometown unavailable). It said the court martial at Grafenwoehr. Germany, sentenced him to one years confinement and a dishonorable discharge. Short told a Stars and Stripes reporter he was "subject to tor ture and long periods ot inter rogation during the early days of my confinement" In Czechoslo vakia. He said he left his Army unit in Germany and went to Czecho slovakia "lo put an end to the cold war by personal contact with representatives behind the iron curtain." He did not mention how he planned to accomplish that. BURTONWOOD. Eng., June 10. (PI An Air Force court martial convicted Delbert E. Hill today of desertion for his four-year ab sence as "Donna Delbert," girl lire-eater on tne tngnsn music hall stage. Mill, who told the court he left the Air Force Just after being as signed to duty as a latrine orderly following Japan's surrender In 1945, was sentenced to serve two years at hard labor. He also was ordereu given a bad conduct dis charge. The airman, a 35-year-old Philadclphian, denied he was a deserter. -t He said he always Intended to come back to the Air Force, was merely absent without leave, and pleaded innocent to a charee of deserting In 1945 "to avoid haz ardous duty." Levity Fact Rant By L. F. Reiiemteln Suggested American match lor Russia's 'rivet;' 'Nuts.'